I used to get a sort of sociophobia, and I still get it sometimes these days when I'm in a confined space with too many people. It's not like I freak out or anything, it's just that I'm far more comfortable in my own company sometimes than being surrounded by one thousand strangers.

I don't know if my sense of humor goes over Americans' heads.

That's something lacking in a lot of modern-day families - just talking. It's almost a lost art form.

I'm very rarely in the gym. My workouts are predominantly outside, in nature.

Money has never been a huge inspiration for me.

Going out there and promoting myself socially doesn't really intrigue me. I'd much rather have my work do it for me.

I'm fortunate enough with the surfing to be very much at home at the water - my pulse and heart rate are slower in the water than they are on land.